Build students' literacy skills while fostering curiosity, creativity, and innovation! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM curriculum uses real-world examples to give students insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. The books feature dynamic images and text features that enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy, and include STEAM career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields.
Featuring high-interest topics based on Smithsonian content,these STEAM resourcesinclude hands-on STEAM challenges that guide students through every step of the engineering design process and content thathighlights every aspect of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. By becoming STEAM proficient, students are prepared to answer complex questions, investigate global issues, and develop solutions for modern-day problems. This kit supports social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom and aligns to state and national college and career readiness standards, including NGSS.
Smithsonian STEAM Readers Grade 3 Kit includes:
Each leveled reader features a high-interest topic based on Smithsonian content. The dynamic images and text features enhance the reading experience and build visual literacy. Each book includes a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every stage of the engineering design process. The real-world examples give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. The books offer career advice from Smithsonian employees working in STEAM fields and highlight every aspect of STEAM: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics.
Raising Clouded Leopards 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 28999 Discover why clouded leopards are so special, and why they need our help! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Amphibian Rescue 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29000 Find out why frogs are so amazing, and why they need our help to survive! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Restoring Muddy Creek 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29001 Muddy Creek in Maryland is being damaged by erosion. Learn about the efforts to restore it! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Making a Mummy 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29002 Created in collaboration with Smithsonian, learn about the science behind mummification! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Navigating at Sea 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29003 Learn how modern technology allows navigation to be more precise than ever. This Smithsonian STEAM 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Saving Culture from Disaster 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29004 Learn the methods that conservators use to save cultural artifacts threatened by natural disasters. With a hands-on STEAM challenge, this 6-Pack uses real-world examples to show how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. |
Raising Clouded Leopards 6-Pack |
Amphibian Rescue 6-Pack |
Restoring Muddy Creek 6-Pack |
Making a Mummy 6-Pack |
Navigating at Sea 6-Pack |
Saving Culture from Disaster 6-Pack |
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Underwater Training 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29005 Learn how astronauts, doctors, and athletes use swimming pools for aquatic therapy and training! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to show how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Botanical Illustration 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29006 Learn how the detailed drawings of botanical illustrators help science--and scientists! This 6-Pack uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems and includes a hands-on STEAM challenge. |
The Wright Brothers 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29007 Learn about the challenges the Wright Brothers overcame to become the "forefathers of flight." This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Taking Photos from Space 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29008 Learn how Landsat satellites use heat to take images, and how they help to save the planet! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Helping People See 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29009 Learn about the enlightening world of optics, where light bends to help us see the sights! This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
From Grass to Bridge 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29010 The Inka Empire's grass suspension bridges were engineering marvels. Learn about the engineering behind them with this 6-Pack that features a hands-on STEAM challenge and details how the engineering design process is used to solve real-world problems. |
Underwater Training 6-Pack |
Botanical Illustration 6-Pack |
The Wright Brothers 6-Pack |
Taking Photos from Space 6-Pack |
Helping People See 6-Pack |
From Grass to Bridge 6-Pack |
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Predicting Earthquakes 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29011 Learn about seismology and the men and women who study earthquakes! This high-interest 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Mapping the Milky Way 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29012 Learn about our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the methods that scientists use to study it. This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
Blue Crab Comeback 6-PackLevel: $52.24 Grade: 3-4 Item Number: 29013 Learn about the scientists and watermen who are working together to save the fishing industry. This 6-Pack features a hands-on STEAM challenge and uses real-world examples to give insight into how the engineering design process is used to solve problems. |
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Strengthen content-area literacy skills with research- and standards-based reading, writing, and STEAM lessons for every title. The STEAM challenge is included on the back of each lesson. Lessons include:
Integrate STEAM education into literacy instruction with support from the full-color Management Guide.
The culminating activity challenges students to identify a problem and apply what they've learned to solve a real-world problem. Each hands-on, minds-on STEAM challenge guides students through every stage of the engineering design process: researching the issue, brainstorming ideas, designing and testing a solution, evaluating the results, improving the process, and sharing the outcomes.
Help teachers weave technology into their literacy instruction with a variety of digital resources.